Episode 33

Brian and Chris sit down to ramble … er, discuss all manner of games with returning guest Chris Bennett. We talk about the upcoming (and now seen) D&D 4th ed, Go Play NorthWest 2008, Battletech, Burning Wheel play, Thousand Suns / Traveller play, and round out with a review of Mongoose’s new edition of Traveller.

Original Traveller had the die roll of 8+ on 2D, not 7+ as was mentioned on the podcast. So the Mongoose die mechanic is back to the original. Of couse the original gave no guidelines whatsoever about DMs. I was able to look at the book briefly a few weeks back, and when I went back the next day, they were *all* gone. So it goes…

Thanks for the feedback, Carl. Unfortunately, this episode was one where we needed to decide if it was better to post quickly without detailed liner notes, or to wait an extra week and post with the notes. We were in a bit of a time crunch (and I was racing to get out the door and onto a plane back East to be an usher for a close friend’s wedding).